1. Detect and repair is better than uninstall/reinstall
2. Are you using the same pst or did you create a new one? Published forms
reside in the pst, in the folder there were published in
3. Check the add-ins (tools, options, other) - is exchange extensions
installed?

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"reiner" wrote in message
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I'll try to be as specific and brief as possible:

Outlook 2003 SP3, running slow so I backed-up all contacts and custom
forms,
uninstalled, reinstalled.

All my contacts are OK but the FORMS Tab (Contacts - Properties) is gone
and
all records have defaulted to the original Contact form. When I click on
When posting to this folder use, then "forms" from the dropdown, I can't
figure out a way to load the custom form I saved on the desktop
(custom1.fdm)?